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(No Model.)

J. OOUTURIER.

WEATHER STRIP.

No. 300,849. Patented June 24, 1884. f f

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WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 300,849, dated June 24,1884.

Application filed August 20, 1883. (No model.) Patented in FranceFebruary 16, 1863, No. 153,854.

To (alt whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, J AOQUES OOUTURIER, of Lyons, in the Republic ofFrance, have invent ed an Improvement in W'eather-Strips, of

which the following is a specification.

Myinvention, although primarily intended as a weather-strip for doorsand windows of all kinds, may be applied to trunks, boxes, and otherarticles having covers, to close as far as possible any space that mayexist between the cover and the body of the trunk or box, and therebyprevent the admission of air, dust, or moisture to the interior of thebox or other article to which the device is applied.

My improved weather-strip consists of a strip of metal of the desiredlength, on one side of which felt, leather, india-rubber, cork, cloth,or other elastic material is secured, and this metal strip is within acase that has an opening in its face extending its entire length, sothat the elastic material can pass through said opening and projectbeyond the face of the case. There are springs between the metal plateand the inside of the case that press forward the metal plate carryingthe elastic material, and flanges formed by the metal at the edges ofthe opening retain the plate in the case. The-case is to be let into thewood of the door or cover or into the stop-bead or 0 jamb of thedoor-frame, or into the top edge of the body of the trunk or box, orplaced upon either of these. In either case, when the door or cover isclosed, the elastic material is pressed by the springs tightly againstthe part it comes into contact with and closes quite effectively anyopening that might otherwise exist at such place, and the weather-strip,composed of the plate, the elastic strip, and the springs within thecase, is complete in itself and adapted to be sold independently of thearticle to which the same may be fastened.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a piece of myimproved weatherstrip. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section showing the weather-strip let into the door-frame.Fig. 4 is a similar viewshowing the weather-strip supported upon theface of the door-frame. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section showing theimprovement applied to adouble door. Fig. 6

represents the weather-strip applied to the lower part of a door, theparts being in the position they assume when the door is open. Fig. 7 isa sectional plan of some of the parts shown in Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 showsthe same parts as in Fig. 6, but the door is represented as closed.

A represents asheet-metal case or box that has sides, back, and front,and may have ends, and it is to be of a length to adapt it to the placeto which the weather-strip is to be applied. There is an openingextending the entire length of the front of the case, and the metal atthe edges of this opening forms flanges a a, which retain the strip ofmetal B within the case. The strip of metal B is about the same lengthas the case A, and to the front of this strip is secured the elasticmaterial C, which is of a sufficient thickness to pass through theopening in the case and project beyond the face of the case when theplate B is pressed forward by the springs D, that are between the plateB and the interior of the case-A. There I may be two or more of thecurved springs D secured to the case A, as in Fig. 1; or one long springof undulating form may be used for pressing forward the plate 13 and itselastic strip 0.

In Fig. 3 I have shown two of the weatherstrips applied to thedoor-frame, each case A being in a groove made in said frame and withthe face of the case flush with said frame. In Fig. 4 the. case A issupported by angleirons Z upon the surface of the door-frame. In thisinstance it is necessary to apply a strip of wood or other material at mto come against the elastic material 0 when the door is closed.

In order to apply this weather-strip to the bottom of doors, I add tothe parts before described a plate, E, that is free to slide in the caseA. One end of each spring D is secured to the plate E, and the other endcomes against a stop, D, upon the case A. The outer end of the plate Eis inclined at b, and there is an incline at 2 upon the door-frame;hence when the door is closed and the incline 7) comes against 2 theplate E is forced along endwise, which bends the springs to a smallercurve, and causes the springs to press the weatherstrip tightlyagainstthe sill of the door. WVhen the door is opened and the inclines band 2 separated, the springs D straighten out, move the plate E, andlift the strip up, so that said strip offers no obstruction to the freeopening or closing of the door. I prefer to make the plate B, Figs. 6,7, and 8, U-shaped to receive the strip of elastic material C.

I am aware that previous to my invention weather-strips had been made ofa plate having a strip of elastic material upon one face, and withsprings at the rear of the plate to press forward the plate and strip;and I am also aware that such a weather-strip has been let into a recessor mortise in the door and has been retained in place by plates appliedat the edges of the recess.

I am further aware that a spring has been employed to lift theWeatherstrip from the door-sill when the door is open and also that asliding bolt has been used to force the weather-strip t0 the sill whenthe door is closed.

J ACQUES COUTURIER.

\Vitnesses:

J. P. A. MARTIN, LEJ'INETTI J ULEs.

